CDLI Literary 000369, ex. 010 (P346132)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000369, ex. 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346132 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | The utterance of your king is nothing to me(? lit. my non-existence), his reiteration is nothing to me(?) |
| obverse 2 | When my king was born, he was suitable for lordship |
| obverse 3 | The lord of Unug, a sagkal snake living in Sumer, crushing heads like flour |
| obverse 4 | A mountain goat whose strength is in the mountain peak |
| obverse 5 | The šilamza bovine, the mountain(?) goat purified with soap and plucked of its wool(?) |
| obverse 6 | Given birth to by the true cow in the mountain midst |
| obverse 7 | Enmerkar, the son of Utu, has sent me to you |
| obverse 8 | In his city, I(!) shall make (the people) fly from the trees like pigeons |
| obverse 9 | I(!) shall terrify (the people) in their founded nests like birds |
| obverse 10 | According to the current market rate I will tear away/silence(?) (the people) |
| obverse 11 | I will make (the people) hold dust as if (they inhabited) a destroyed city |
| obverse 12 | Aratta, the settlement that Enki has cursed |
| obverse 13 | I too shall destroy the place like the one who has destroyed places |
| obverse 14 | Inanna has raised ... behind them |
| obverse 15 | She has shouted and screamed |
| obverse 16 | (I) too shall devastate like the one who has devastated |
| obverse 17 | After (an inhabitant) has packed leather bags with gold ore |
| obverse 18 | (After) (an inhabitant) has placed kugmea metal in its ore(?) beside it |
| obverse 19 | After (an inhabitant) fashions the metal into pouches(?) |
| obverse 20 | After one fastens sacks(?) upon donkeys of the mountains(?) |
| obverse 21 | On my behalf, the junior Enlil of the lands |
| obverse 22 | The lord that Nudimmud has chosen in (his) pure heart |
| obverse 23 | (They) will therefore build ... for me in the manner of(?) the mountain of the pure me |
| obverse 24 | Make it alluring like the box tree for me |
| obverse 25 | Make (its) rays sparkle for me like Utu coming out of his agrun chamber |
| obverse 26 | And make its thresholds sparkle (like) a standard for me |
| obverse 27 | When(?) the holy songs and incantations are sung in its agrun chambers |
| obverse 28 | Say the spell of Nudimmud for me |
| obverse 29 | After you have spoken what you are saying to me(?) |
| obverse 30 | To the scion who grows(?) a lapis beard |
| reverse 1' | I shall speak the words to him in the shrine of Eanna |
| reverse 2' | In the gipar complex, bearing fruit like a new mes tree |
| reverse 3' | I shall repeat it for my king, the lord of Kulaba |
| reverse 4' | Thus in (i.e. contemporaneously?) that of what he (the messenger) should be saying to him (the lord of Aratta said)(?) |
| reverse 5' | Messenger, to your king, the lord of Kulaba |
| reverse 6' | When you speak to him, when you repeat |
| reverse 7' | It is I, the lord who is suitable for the pure hands(!?) |
| reverse 8' | And therefore the neck stock of heaven, the queen of the universe |
| reverse 9' | The lady of the many cosmic powers, holy Inanna |
| reverse 10' | It is I(?) who she brought to Aratta, the mountain of the pure me |
| reverse 11' | It is I(?) who she has made block your face(?) from(?) the mountain like a great door |
| reverse 12' | How could Aratta submit to Unug? |
| reverse 13' | Aratta's submission to Unug does not exist |
| reverse 14' | Speak (that) to him |
| reverse 15' | Thus in (i.e. contemporaneously?) that of what he (the lord of Aratta) should be saying to him (the messenger said)(?) |
| reverse 16' | The messenger was replying to(!) the lord of Aratta |
| reverse 17' | The great lady Inanna, riding on/superimposed by the furious me |
| reverse 18' | Seated in the mountain range of the mountain of šuba stones |
| reverse 19' | Having adorned the dais of the mountain of šuba stones |
| reverse 20' | My lord and king, in the manner of her servant(?) |
| reverse 21' | The lady has made him enter into the Eanna temple(?) |
| reverse 22' | (Saying) “The lord of Aratta has bowed his neck (to) the ground on behalf of Kulaba"(?) |
| reverse 23' | Thus in (i.e. contemporaneously?) that of what he (the messenger) should be saying to him (the lord of Aratta said)(?) |
| reverse 24' | The lord of Unug, a sagkal snake living in Sumer, crushing heads like flour |
| reverse 25' | A mountain goat whose strength is in the mountain peak |
| reverse 26' | The šilamza bovine, the mountain(?) goat purified with soap and plucked of its hair(?) |
| reverse 27' | (Total) 60 (lines) |
| reverse 28' | It is the 4th “long-tablet” (in the composition:) |
| reverse 29' | “The city, a furious bull bearing a great aura.” |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | lugal-zu du11-ga#-ni nu-gu10 tah-a-ni nu-[gu10] | |
| 2 | lugal-gu10# [...]-tu#-da-ni nam#-en-na tum2-[...] | |
| 3 | en unu{ki#}-ga musz-sag-kal ki-en-gi#-ra ti-la# [...]-ma5# | |
| 4 | dara3-masz kur-bad3-da a2-nun-gal2 | |
| 5 | szilam-za3# masz# kur# naga ku3-ga-kam# sikix(UMBIN)# suh-suh | |
| 6 | ab2 zi#-[...] kur sza3-ge tu-da | |
| 7 | en-me-er-kar2# [... {d}]utu-ke4 mu-e-szi-in-gi4-nam# | |
| 8 | iri{ki}-na ir7-sag{muszen#}-gin7# gesz-bi-da na-na#-ra#-ab-dal#?-e# | |
| 9 | muszen-gin7 gud3 us2#-sa-bi-a nam-bi2#-ib2-hu-luh?-e | |
| 10 | ganba-bi gal2#-la-gin7#? na-an-si-ge4#?-en# | |
| 11 | iri{ki} gul#-gul-la-gin7 sahar# na#-x-x-[...] | |
| 12 | aratta{ki} a2#-dam {d}en-ki-ke4 nam# ba#-an-ku5 | |
| 13 | ki bi2-in-gul-la-gin7 ki nam-ga-bi2-ib2-gul-en | |
| 14 | egir-bi {d}inanna ba-szi-in-zi | |
| 15 | gu3# im-mi-ra-asz-szeg10 im-mi#-in-gi4 | |
| 16 | kusz7 bi2-in-su-a-gin7 szusz3# nam#-ga-bi2-ib2-su-su | |
| 17 | ku3-si2 u3-tu-da-ba (|SU.LU.SZE3|%|SU.LU.SZE3|)-szir u3-ba#-ni#-in-ak | |
| 18 | ku3-me-a sahar-ba za3 ba-ni-in-us2# | |
| 19 | ku3 sag-PA-sze3 u3-mu-un-dim2-dim2# | |
| 20 | ansze kur-kur-ra-ke4 bar um-mi-la2-[...] | |
| 21 | ge26-e-sze3-am3 {d}en-lil2 banda3{+da} kur-kur-ra-ke4# | |
| 22 | en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e sza3 ku3-ge ba-an-pa3#-[...] | |
| 23 | kur me sikil-la-sze3 ha-ma-du3-[...] | |
| 24 | {gesz}taszkarin-gin7 hi-li ha-ma-ab#-[...] | |
| 25 | {d}utu agrun-ta e3-a-gin7 si-musz3 ha-ma-gun3#-[...] | |
| 26 | za3-du8-za3-du8-bi urin ha-ma-mul#-[...] | |
| 27 | agrun#-agrun-ba szir3 ku3 nam-szub du12-a#-[...] | |
| 28 | [...] {d#}nu-dim2-mud-ke4 ga2-ra du11-mu#-[...] | |
| 29 | [...]-ab#-be2#-na-bi u3-mu#-[...] | |
| 30 | [...] x-da-x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | inim#-bi esz3 e2#-an#?-[...] | |
| 2' | ge6-par4 {gesz}mes gibil-gin7 gurun# [...] | |
| 3' | lugal-gu10 en kul-aba4{ki}-ra szu ga-mu#-na#-[...] | |
| 4' | ur5-gin7 hu-mu-un-na-ab-e-a-[ka] | |
| 5' | kin2-gi4-a lugal-zu-ur2 en kul-aba4{ki}-[...] | |
| 6' | u3-na-a-du11 u3-ne-de3-tah# | |
| 7' | ga2-e#-me-en en szu sikil tum2-ma-ar# | |
| 8' | {gesz}rab3 mah an-na nin an-ki-ke4 | |
| 9' | in-nin9 me szar2-ra ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 | |
| 10' | aratta{ki} kur me sikil-la-sze3 hu-mu-un-de6-me-en | |
| 11' | kur-ra {gesz}ig gal-gin7 igi-zu bi2-in-tab-me-en | |
| 12' | aratta{ki}-e unu{ki}-sze3 gu2 a-gin7 i3-ga2-ga2 | |
| 13' | aratta{ki} unu{ki}-sze3 gu2 ga2-ga2 nu-gal2 | |
| 14' | e-ne-ra du11-mu-na-ab | |
| 15' | ur5-gin7 hu-mu-un-na-ab-e-a-ka | |
| 16' | kin2-gi4-a en aratta{ki}-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | |
| 17' | nin gal {d}inanna me husz-a u5-a | |
| 18' | hur-sag kur szuba3-ka dur2 gar-ra | |
| 19' | bara2 kur szuba3-ka sze-er-ka-an du11-ga | |
| 20' | en lugal-gu10-u8! szubur-ra-na-sze3 | |
| 21' | nin e2-an-na-ka mu-na-ni-in-ku4-re | |
| 22' | en aratta{ki} gu2 ki bi2-in-gar# [...] kul#-aba4{ki}-sze3 | |
| 23' | ur5#-gin7 hu-mu-un-na-ab#-e#-a-ka# | |
| 24' | en unu{ki#}-ga musz-sag-kal ki-en-gi#-ra ti sag zi3-gin7 ma5-ma5 | |
| 25' | dara3-masz kur-bad3-da a2-nun-gal2 | |
| 26' | szilam-za3 masz kur naga ku3-ga-kam# sikix(UMBIN) suh-suh-e# | |
| 27' | 1(gesz2) | |
| 28' | im#-gid2#-da# 4(disz)-kam-ma | |
| 29' | iri[{ki}] gu4 husz ni2 gal gur3-ru | |
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